TABLE 1 in Two new species of the codling fish genus Physiculus from Lakshadweep, India (Gadiformes: Moridae)

TABLE 1. Morphometric and meristic data of Physiculus indicus sp. nov. and Physiculus lakshadeepa sp. nov.
P. indicusP. lakshadeepaMorphometric MeasurementHolotypeAll typesHolotypeAll typesTotal length (mm)183183 (149‒183)192192 (143‒224)Standard length (mm)16216­2 (128‒16­2)16416­4 (125‒183)First dorsal rays99 (8‒9)99 (8‒9)Second dorsal rays5757 (56­‒6­0)5959 (51‒59)Pelvic soft rays7777Pectoral fin rays2222 (14‒22)1818 (14+‒18)Caudal fin rays1919 (17‒24)1414 (14‒22)Anal soft rays606­0 (55‒6­0)5656­ (53‒59)scales in longitudinal series9696­ (90‒102)9090 (84‒95)Scales between first dorsal-fin base and lateral line77 (7‒8)77 (6­‒7)Gill rakers4+913 (12‒13)5+1214 (14‒17)Total vertebrae52524949Precaudal vertebrae1212 (11‒12)1212 (11‒12)Caudal vertebrae4040 (40‒41)3737 (37‒38)in % SLMean (Range)SDMean (Range)SDBody depth22.820.7 (18.0‒22.8)1.821.520.2 (19.3‒21.5)1.1Caudal peduncle depth1.82.1 (1.8‒2.5)0.32.32.2 (1.5‒2.7)0.6Head length25.125.7 (24.8‒27.7)1.224.324.3 (23.0‒25.5)1.3Head width18.418.0 (16­.2‒19.8)1.415.816­.1 (15.8‒16­.5)0.4Predorsal length27.828 (26­.1‒29.8)1.329.129.3 (28.2‒30.5)1.2Pre-pectoral length23.026­.9 (23.0‒29.4)2.626.728.1 (26­.7‒30.5)2.1Pre-pelvic length16.920.7 (16­.9‒22.9)2.321.119.8 (16­.6­‒21.6­)2.8Pre-anal fin length27.531.7 (27.5‒34.2)2.532.632.4 (31.6­‒33.2)0.8Pre anus length21.627.4 (21.6­‒30.4)3.430.829.5 (26­.9‒30.8)2.2First dorsal fin height6.38.2 (6­.3‒9.7)1.59.69.4 (9.2‒9.6­)0.3First dorsal fin base length6.57.7 (6­.5‒9.0)0.96.56­.8 (6­.5‒7.1)0.3Pectoral fin length17.818.4 (15.7‒20.8)2.117.117.5 (16­.9‒18.5)0.9Pelvic fin length19.218.3 (17.0‒19.2)1.221.520.2 (18.9‒21.5)1.8in % HLOrbital diameter22.222.9 (19.0‒25.8)2.624.724.1 (19.1‒28.5)4.7Snout length19.923.4 (19.9‒28.4)3.524.725.3 (24.7‒25.9)0.6Maxilla length51.848.8 (44.9‒51.8)3.350.351.2 (48.3‒54.9)3.4Bony inter orbital width31.829.8 (26­.6­‒34.1)3.130.128.7 (25.4‒30.7)2.9Barbel length4.76­.1 (3.2‒8.9)2.57.57.4 (3.2‒11.6­)4.2First dorsal fin height25.132.5 (25.1‒39.1)5.862.857.2 (51.7‒6­2.8)7.8Caudal peduncle length8.89.4 (8.4‒10.3)0.817.118.1 (17.1‒19.7)1.4%InV‒afLoD11.49.5 (6­.4‒12.0)2.96.07.6­ (6­.0‒9.6­)1.8InV‒Lo22.623.3 (18.6­‒29.0)3.729.026­.8 (24.4‒29.0)2.3Lo‒An17.621.3 (17.6­‒23.8)2.922.619.7 (17.4‒22.6­)2.6InV‒An53.653.9 (50.6­‒58.2)3.558.251.4 (41.7‒58.2)8.7